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About Vickie Milazzo

Inc. Top 10 Entrepreneur Vickie L. Milazzo, RN, MSN, JD is founder and president of Vickie Milazzo Institute. Vickie single-handedly pioneered the field of legal nurse consulting in 1982. According to The New York Times, she “crossed nursing with the law and created a new profession.” Vickie is the author of the New York Times Bestseller, Wicked Success Is Inside Every Woman, published by John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

Vickie has appeared on national TV, including FOX & Friends in New York City, KCAL in Los Angeles, KHOU and KRIV in Houston, as an expert on legal nurse consulting, entrepreneurship and career advancement. Her other television appearances include ABC, CBS, FOX, NBC, At Home Live, Better TV (New York), Great Day Houston, The CEO Show, Bloomberg TV and dozens more. Vickie earned her bachelor of science in nursing at the University of St. Thomas and her master of science in nursing at Texas Woman’s University, both in Houston. She earned her juris doctor at South Texas College of Law. For Vickie’s expanded bio, click here.

Entries by Vickie Milazzo

Every medical-related case you analyze begins with the big picture. Only when you understand the essence of the case can you efficiently drill down to the relevant details for optimal legal nurse consultant productivity.

Have you ever had a massage therapist or trainer who started out as awesome and then over time began showing up 5 minutes late (and later), and then gets into “Oh, I’m sorry but I must take this text or call. Just hold those 150 lb. dumbbells over your head and remember to breathe.”

When you’re working on a big project or a big report, there are those moments when you’re “in the zone” and everything is falling into place like magic. The words just flow from your brain into the keyboard.

All successful Certified Legal Nurse Consultants agree that you must be fully present in your CLNC business whether you’re meeting with an attorney-client and have to really listen or analyzing a case and have to turn off all distractions.

I am blessed to be surrounded by amazing, talented RNs who choose to become Certified Legal Nurse Consultants. You might be one of those talented RNs who is great at what you do and knows it. You might also be hesitant about whether you could be just as amazing as a legal nurse consultant.

Have you ever met someone more successful than you and wondered if they’ve just been dealt a better hand at the poker table of life? It’s possible, but unlikely. Successful people are simply more accomplished at playing the hand they’re dealt – even the bad ones.